Name: Pumpkin Bread
Ingredients: 4 c Flour; unsifted; 3 c Sugar; 2 ts Baking soda; 1 1/2 ts Salt; 1 ts Baking powder; 1 ts Cinnamon; 1 ts Nutmeg; 1/2 ts Cloves; 1/4 ts Ginger; 16 oz Canned pumpkin; 1 c Oil; 4 Eggs; 2/3 c Water

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C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Breads	2	Loaves

INGREDIENTS

4	c	Flour; unsifted
3	c	Sugar
2	ts	Baking soda
1 1/2	ts	Salt
1	ts	Baking powder
1	ts	Cinnamon
1	ts	Nutmeg
1/2	ts	Cloves
1/4	ts	Ginger
16	oz	Canned pumpkin
1	c	Oil
4		Eggs
2/3	c	Water

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 F (moderate)
Grease two 9- by 5- by 3-inch loaf pans.
Mix dry ingredients thoroughly in a large bowl.
Beat pumpkin, oil, eggs, and water together.  Add to dry ingredients. Stir
just until dry ingredients are moistened. Do not overmix.
Pour one-half of the batter into each loaf pan.
Bake 1 to 1-1/4 hours or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes
out clean.
Cool on rack.  Remove from pans after 10 minutes.
Calories per 1/16 loaf slice: About 200
Source: FOOD -- by U.S. Department of Agriculture Typed for you by Karen
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